Gaming

Game studios have been in a unique position since the beginning of the pandemic. Many other industries have faced huge hardship, with local governments ordering nonessential business to close in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The game industry, especially the owners of user-generated content platforms like Roblox and Minecraft, are in a good position to see growth. “It’s hard not to…

The fighting game community has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. While other major game genres have been able to go online, like Activision’s Call of Duty League, fighting game players are less inclined to compete over the internet due to latency issues that make matches unfair. But with the pandemic preventing in-person tournaments from happening, no one knows when players…

Google revealed today during its latest Google Stadia Connect presentation that Electronic Arts is bringing some big games to the cloud gaming service. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be the first, coming to Stadia this fall. The action-adventure game from Titanfall and Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment debuted in November 2019. It was one of favorite games of the year thanks to its…

Gears Tactics is launching April 28 for Windows 10, Xbox Game Pass for PC, and Steam. On How Games Make Money this week, host Jeff Grubb sits down to talk with The Coalition operations director Mike Crump and Xbox marketing general manager Ben Decker about the launch of the game. As part of that conversation, Decker and Crump also speak to the effect Game Pass has on design, development, and the…